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Originally posted by amanda6035
Wait a minute, I never said I took advantage of it. If I fill out an application and it asks me if I am a veteran, what am i supposed to do? Leave it blank? And then NOT get called back because i failed to fill out the application completely? No, I'm going to answer it truthfully. Honestly, I havent applied for a job where it has done me much good yet. And hopefully I wont have to because I'm happy where I am as an intern and hope to be hired on full time once I graduate.
I'm all about veteran benefits, I dont think that getting another job should be one of them. However, i do understand that jobs such as, those at the post office and other federal jobs do have a preference for veterans. Why? Because they know that the veteran knows how the federal government works, and they understand security policies and they are easier to train. Even now, if I got another job with any branch of the federal government, if I worked 16 more years, I would be able to receive retirement benefits. Thats probably why federal job branches do it. As far as other companies I dont know.
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As to your first point, I'm pretty sure that it is not required that you answer whether or not you are a veteran -- that is voluntary information. So, no, you're not going to get into trouble for not disclosing that info.
As to your second point, that's not why vets are given preference. The laws that give vets preference do so because the gov't wanted to prevent veterans who were seeking Federal employment from being penalized because of the time they spent in military service.
I'd like to reiterate the point that
just because AA requires an employer to give preference to covered individuals, it does not mean that employer has to hire a less qualified or unqualified applicant simply because they are a protected class.
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